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Table 2 Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate+amodiaquine in Calabar Nigeria.

From: Artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate plus amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated childhood malaria in Nigeria: randomized controlled trial

Indicators of treatment outcome

Number (%) of participants

Artesunate + Amodiaquine (n = 57)

Artemether-lumefantrine (n = 54)

Adequate Clinical and parasitological response (ACPR)

47 (82.5)

47 (87.0)

Early treatment failure (ETF)

1(1.8)

0 (0.0)

Late clinical failure (LCF)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.7)

Late parasitological failure (LPF)

9(15.8)

5 (9.3)